Dassault Rafale, tender | News & Discussions [Thread 2]

[BON PLAN]

https://www.ilmailuliitto.fi/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/rafale_finlande_13x18_1219_pap_v7.pdf

Definitively : frame life = 9000 hours

 

[Ali_Baba]

Indian female pilot to fly Rafale jet: https://www.globaldefensecorp.com/2020/09/22/iaf-female-pilot-to-fly-rafale-jet/

She will have the record of the first female to be shot down in modern aerial combat. One for the record books for sure. She will make the IAF proud for sure.

 

[Trango Towers]

She will have the record of the first female to be shot down in modern aerial combat. One for the record books for sure. She will make the IAF proud for sure.

Tea and movie. Bollywood is made for this

 

[MirageBlue]

She will have the record of the first female to be shot down in modern aerial combat. One for the record books for sure. She will make the IAF proud for sure.

Like this one made PAF proud?


Pakistan female fighter pilot Marium Mukhtiar mourned after crash

 

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Like this one made PAF proud?

Pakistan female fighter pilot Marium Mukhtiar mourned after crash

You are comparing a training sortie incident with a fighter pilot being shot down in combat?
Poor taste man.

 

[truthseeker2010]

Indian female pilot to fly Rafale jet: https://www.globaldefensecorp.com/2020/09/22/iaf-female-pilot-to-fly-rafale-jet/

She will have the record of the first female to be shot down in modern aerial combat. One for the record books for sure. She will make the IAF proud for sure.

Tea and movie. Bollywood is made for this

Like this one made PAF proud?

You are comparing a training sortie incident with a fighter pilot being shot down in combat?
Poor taste man.

Her name: Flt Lt Shivangi Singh
Her Instructor: Wing Commander Abhinandan Varthaman

Yes you heard it right, the tea guy was her instructor of Mig-21.

The rest i will leave it you guys and of course the PAF!

 

[MirageBlue]

You are comparing a training sortie incident with a fighter pilot being shot down in combat?
Poor taste man.

There have been enough numbers of PAF pilots shot down in combat as well. You guys make it out like it's the only instance in the sub-continent.

PAF has even managed to shoot down it's OWN pilot in combat, that too on an F-16.

As for some of the sexist comments made on this thread regarding a female IAF pilot, not surprising given the nature of this forum. Clearly anything goes, as long as it's targeted at Indians.

 

[Trango Towers]

There have been enough numbers of PAF pilots shot down in combat as well. You guys make it out like it's the only instance in the sub-continent.

PAF has even managed to shoot down it's OWN pilot in combat, that too on an F-16.

As for some of the sexist comments made on this thread regarding a female IAF pilot, not surprising given the nature of this forum. Clearly anything goes, as long as it's targeted at Indians.

You can leave if you don't like it. Go to Indian forum and see how good that is

 

[Deino]

Oh come on guys ... can't you leave these BS comments!??

By the way ...

https://twitter.com/x/status/1313305438209810432

 

[BON PLAN]

PAF Air Marshal (chancellor of PAFs Air university) is worried that IAF Rafales will strike multiple targets inside Pakistan in the near future and will penetrate deep into Pak airspace

https://twitter.com/x/status/1315182334719614982

 

[Yasser76]

Yup, sombre assement and urging PAF to take note. Compare this to "We can beat everyone" statement's that IAF chef makes every two weeks and you find out why one side is always better prepared than the other....

 

[Ali_Baba]

World War 3 fears EXPLODE - Pakistan warns India is planning attack

PAKISTAN has said India is planning a military operation just a few weeks after New Delhi introduced new fighter jets into its Air Force.

www.express.co.uk

World War 3 fears EXPLODE - Pakistan warns India is planning attack with new fighter jets

PAKISTAN has said India is planning a military operation just a few weeks after New Delhi introduced new fighter jets into its Air Force.
By Manon Dark
PUBLISHED: 02:11, Mon, Oct 12, 2020 | UPDATED: 02:11, Mon, Oct 12, 2020

Pakistan’s Air Force Marshal, Mujahid Anwar Khan, claimed India is planning an offensive in an attempt to spread conflict. He expressed his fears while speaking at the Centre for Aerospace and Security Studies in Pakistan.

Mr Khan said that Indian forces will come within 5 kilometres to prove their dominance in the air.

He added that India will attempt to inflect “conflict beyond Kashmir and at international border”.

The Air Marshal said: "I would imagine India offensive in 18-24 months.

“As it received a sizeable number meteor equipped Rafale from France.

“Only this time she will enter deeper than 5 kilometres and engage multiple targets to stamp its superiority in the aerospace domain.

“I imagine India's willingness to spread the conflict in the air beyond Kashmir and possibly at the international border."

Mr Khan’s statement comes just a few days after Indian Air Chief Marshal RKS Bhadauria told a press conference about the induction of the new fighter jets.

India introduced the new Rafale jets into its Air Force earlier this month.

The Indian Air Chief Marshal said the country was ready to handle a possible two-front war with China and Pakistan.

He said: "The integration of Rafales brings in a platform which is way ahead and would give us an edge and capability to strike first and deep.

"Indian Air Force is ready for any possible conflict including a two-front war.”

He added: "Our position as a credible combat-ready force is vital, given the role Air Force will play towards ensuring victory in any future conflict.

“The emerging threat scenario in our neighbourhood and beyond mandates need to have a robust capability to fight across the entire spectrum of warfare.

“I can share with you with confidence that operationally, we are amongst the best."

Mr Bhadauria also spoke about India’s ongoing standoff with China.

He said: "The talks towards disengagement, followed by de-escalation, are on. We hope that the talks will progress along the lines that are expected."

Mr Bhadauria also insisted that the Indian Air Force is “well-positioned” for any conflict.Last year, Pakistan said it shot down two Indian military jets in an attack over Kashmir.

The two sides both claim the whole of Kashmir as its territory but only control parts of it.

The aerial attacks across the border in Kashmir were the first since a war in 1971.

Last year, India formally divided the state of Jammu and Kashmir into two federally-administered territories.

It was part of a move to tighten India’s control over the part of Kashmir it controls.

 

[Dark1]

Indian Air Force to get a big Rafale boost, 16 fighters to land by April

Five Rafale jets flew to the Ambala airbase via Abu Dhabi on July 29. Three more are landing in Ambala air base on November 5, three will arrive in January, another three in March and seven in April, taking the total number of fighters handed over to the IAF to 21 single-seat fighters and seven...

m.hindustantimes.com

Indian Air Force to get a big Rafale boost, 16 fighters to land by April
Five Rafale jets flew to the Ambala airbase via Abu Dhabi on July 29. Three more are landing in Ambala air base on November 5, three will arrive in January, another three in March and seven in April, taking the total number of fighters handed over to the IAF to 21 single-seat fighters and seven twin-seat trainer fighters.
Updated: Oct 28, 2020, 14:47 IST
By Shishir Gupta, Hindustan Times New Delhi

Five Rafale jets flew to the Ambala airbase via Abu Dhabi on July 29 (Dassault aviation)
The Indian Air Force’s strike capability is set for a boost with 16 omni-role Rafale jet fighters to be inducted into the Golden Arrows squadron by April 2021 and with France’s biggest jet engine maker Safran ready to make fighter engines and ancillaries in India, people familiar with the matter said on Tuesday.
Five Rafale jets flew to the Ambala airbase via Abu Dhabi on July 29 and have already been inducted into the IAF’s Squadron 17. The next batch of three Rafales will arrive in Ambala on November 5 directly from the Bordeaux-Merignac facility (there will be no stop as they will be fuelled mid-air), according to senior government officials. Seven Rafale fighters are already being used for IAF fighter pilot training in France.
Three more Rafales will arrive in January, another three in March and seven in April, taking the total number of fighters handed over to the IAF to 21 single-seat fighters and seven twin-seat trainer fighters. This means that by April next year, the Golden Arrows squadron will be complete with 18 fighters and the remaining three can be sent to the Hashimara airbase in north Bengal’s Alipurduar to counter the threat posed by China on the eastern front. All the fighters are equipped with Mica and Meteor air-to-air missiles along with Scalp air-to-ground cruise missiles. India has now requested Safran for the air-to-ground modular weapon known as Hammer with a 250kg warhead."

Interesting next 6 months on both the pakistan and Tibetan borders.

 

[air marshal]

Indian Rafale jets Induction in IAF

 

[Microsoft]

You are comparing a training sortie incident with a fighter pilot being shot down in combat?
Poor taste man.

An Indian talking about a woman and its not poor taste? Please tag me when that happens.

There have been enough numbers of PAF pilots shot down in combat as well. You guys make it out like it's the only instance in the sub-continent.

PAF has even managed to shoot down it's OWN pilot in combat, that too on an F-16.

As for some of the sexist comments made on this thread regarding a female IAF pilot, not surprising given the nature of this forum. Clearly anything goes, as long as it's targeted at Indians.

Have a peek at what happened when Indians shot down their own heli:

https://twitter.com/x/status/1100753242995204096

Has the blackbox been found yet? Perhaps that's where the evidence of the heli shooting down the F-16 is.